Iron Monkey

Iron Monkey 1993

鸿 huángfēihóng zhī tiě liú

In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.

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5.05 Advanced Director Yuen Woo-Ping 🍅 91%

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xià yuè next month HSK 4
liáng food, grain, provisions ∼HSK 4
Zhèng the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng, a county-level city in Henan; surname Zheng; abbr. for Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan ∼HSK 4
congratulate; send present ∼HSK 4
cāng granary; berth; sea ∼HSK 4
qiáng to strive for self-improvement ∼HSK 4
zuò guān to take an official post; to become a government employee ∼HSK 4
shù medical expertise; art of healing ∼HSK 4
guān zhí an official position; a job in the bureaucracy ∼HSK 4
zhú bamboo; flute; KangXi radical 118 ∼HSK 4
Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
jiāng rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( ∼HSK 4
shǒu wèi to guard; to defend ∼HSK 4
sēn yán strict; rigid; tight (security) ∼HSK 4
hǎo xiē a good deal of; quite a lot ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
xián cài salted vegetables; pickles ∼HSK 4
dāng guī Angelica sinensis ∼HSK 4
guī àn to bring to justice; to file away (a document) ∼HSK 4
shēn chū to extend ∼HSK 4
cháng variable; changeable; fickle; impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya); ghost taking away the soul after death; to pass away; to die ∼HSK 4
xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
bài lèi scum of a community; degenerate ∼HSK 4
beautiful woman; fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals; (polite) sb else's daughter; Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM ∼HSK 4
guò - (idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
belly; abdomen; bowels ∼HSK 4
help, aid, relieve; ferry, cross ∼HSK 4
fāng zi prescription (of medicine) ∼HSK 4
sōng shǒu to relinquish one's grip; to let go ∼HSK 4
hóng pái red card (sports) ∼HSK 4
pái fāng memorial arch ∼HSK 4
pán domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth ∼HSK 4
àn suàn to plot against ∼HSK 4
fāng the eight points of the compass; all directions ∼HSK 4
break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
féi quē lucrative post ∼HSK 4
cóng yán strict; rigorous; severely ∼HSK 4
bèi several times (bigger); double, treble, quadruple etc ∼HSK 4
meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
shì fēi fēn unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom) ∼HSK 4
méi bàn there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
xià chú to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal); to cook ∼HSK 4
fāng four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere ∼HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
rǎo le sorry to interrupt you, but...; sorry to have bothered you; sorry, I have to go; (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable ∼HSK 4
sǎn umbrella ∼HSK 4
bǎo to defend oneself; self-defense; self-preservation ∼HSK 4